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1997-10-06 PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ("PEDC") BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1997 AT 4:00 P.M., IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS. I. The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. with the following present: BOARD MEMBERS Vice President Stella Roberts Secretary Susan Lenamon Board Member Charlie Philipp Board Member Calvin Collier Board Member Bill Berger Board Member Connie Beaumont Not in attendance - Due to a conflict in schedule, Chairman Dennis Frauenberger was unable to attend. EX -OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS Chamber of Commerce Billye Everett Mayor Tom Reid Not in attendance - Due to a conflict in schedule, Ex-Officios Paul Grohman and John Knox were unable to attend. STAFF MEMBERS Assistant Executive Director Marketing & Events Coordinator Administrative Assistant John R. Bowman Terrie Morgan Perla N. Lehman Also in attendance — Councilmember Helen Beckman and City Attorney Amy McCullough. 1 Minutes of Regular Meeting of October 6, 1997 (Cont.) II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Meetingof September 15. 1997 — Board member Charlie Philipp made the motion, seconded by Secretary Susan Lenamon to approve the minutes as submitted. Motion passed: 6 to 0 III. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Board member reports included board member attendance of the Salute to Industry event held on October 1, 1997. All comments from board were positive and they stated that they looked forward to next year's event. IV. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF REPORTS Assistant Executive Director John Bowman recognized Ms. Billye Everett and Ms. Gaylynn Naiser of the Pearland/Hobby Area Chamber of Commerce and Ms. Terrie Morgan of the PEDC for the hard work they did on the Salute To Industry event. Mr. Bowman reported on his attendance of the Eagle Lift Trucks ground breaking and gave a brief report on Kemlon, stating that things continued to move forward. Mr. Mehran Bavarian of Walsh Engineering presented a written report for October and gave an oral report to the board detailing the progress of the Thoroughfare/Railroad Overpass project. The October written report was then submitted to file. V. NEW BUSINESS A. Excused Absence — Secretary Susan Lenamon made the motion, seconded by Board member Charlie Philipp to excuse the absence of board member Connie Beaumont from the regular meeting held on September 15, 1997. Motion Passed: 5 to 0 Abstained: 1 B. Excused Absence — Board member Charlie Philipp made the motion, seconded by board member Calvin Collier to excuse the absence of board member Bill Berger from the regular meeting held on September 15, 1997. Motion Passed: 5 to 0 Abstained: 1 2 Minutes of Regular Meeting of October 6, 1997 (Cont.) VI. ADJOURNMENT Secretary Susan Lenamon made the motion, seconded by Board member Bill Berger to adjourn the meeting. Motion Passed: 6 to 0 Time: 4:20 p.m. Min tes approvedsubmitted, nd/or corrected this A.D. 1998. ATTEST: Perla N. Lehman, Administrative Assistant